With so many residential enclaves found in this metropolis to serve as home to its growing population, (housing issues aside, but that’s another story) a few can perhaps rival the colorful history and vibrant atmosphere of this residential community in the southern part of the metropolis. Today, the Urban Roamer will be exploring BF Homes Parañaque. which was also known largest residential community, even in Asia. Beginnings of BF Homes Telling the story BF Homes Parañaque would not be complete without mentioning the pioneering efforts of the man who envisioned it, Tomas Aguirre. Coming from a family whose business was, and still is, mainly in the pawnshop business, he wanted…
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BGC’s Track 30th: A Fitness Park In The City
One : of the perils of urbanization is the shrinking area being left available for open, green spaces where one can keep fit, unwind, or do whatever that you cannot afford to do in cramped concrete spaces. Unfortunately, some urban planners and developers tend to forget this aspect when they make their masterplans, thus denying these places of some breathing space. Fortunately, it is not all a bleak scenario out there. Let this entry cite one such example, found in the midst of the bustling and ever-growing commercial-business district of Bonifacio Global City located in Taguig. (for now at least)
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Checked Out: Art Fair Philippines 2014
Beginning with this post, as part of the changes with the new Urban Roamer site, there will be a new semi-regular feature here which I would like to call ”Checked Out,” in which we “checked out” various events happening around the metro like exhibits, trade fairs, concerts, fiestas, whatever interesting event that comes our way Not many people now that every February, apart from Valentines, the Philippines also celebrates National Arts Month. During this time, one can expect a lot of events and activities aimed to promote Filipino arts, whether it may be visual arts, literature, cinema, music, theater, dance, or architecture. One of these events is the private initiative…
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Connecting North And South: The NLEX-SLEX road link projects
Be prepared. Traffic Armageddon is upon us cityfolk. Then again, aren’t we already experiencing it every single day of our urban lives? This time though, we are warned it’s going to be worse than worse thanks to various projects that will commence construction within the year (as it is being projected at this time) all in the name of alleviating the age-old traffic woes of the metropolis and improving the metropolis’ transportation system. The website MMRoadway.com listed about 15 of these projects; for today, the Urban Roamer is going tackle two of them which are expected to change the way how Metro Manila will be interconnected with the rest of…